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6:55 PM ET, September 27, 2013

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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Tribune prepares for cost-cutting, says no targets for expense reduction have been issued  —  Tribune newspapers, including L.A. Times, prepare for cost-cutting  —  Tribune newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, may be due for another round of cost-cuting.  Above, at the Tribune Tower in Chicago.
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Robert Feder:
Tribune boss orders $100 million in cuts  —  It's not clear how they're supposed to do it, but Tribune Co. executives have been ordered to come up with $100 million in budget cuts, sources said, as the company prepares to spin off the publishing side of the business.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the ‘pathetic’ American media  —  Pulitzer Prize winner explains how to fix journalism, saying press should 'fire 90% of editors and promote ones you can't control'  —  Seymour Hersh has got some extreme ideas on how to fix journalism - close down the news bureaus …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Top NBCU Digital Exec Lauren Zalaznick to Depart Company  —  Well-known NBCUniversal exec Lauren Zalaznick, who has recently been working on the media giant's growth into new digital arenas, is leaving the company, according to an internal memo.  —  A longtime veteran of NBCU …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Conflicts of Interest: CNN adjusts ethics policy around Crossfire  —  Yesterday we reported that Crossfire host Newt Gingrich may have broken ethical rules for conflicts of interest set forth by CNN's EVP of standards and practices Rick Davis.  —  Today, those rules appear to have changed.
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Erik Wemple:
CNN on ‘Crossfire’ ethics: Ha!
Discussion: @noahcrothman and @erikwemple
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Attention v. relationship economy  —  Oddly, Google chief economist Hal Varian analyzes newspapers' problems and prescribes solutions strictly from an old-media perspective — based on attention to marketing messages — rather than an internet (namely, Google) perspective of relevance and relationships.
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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:
Google's chief economist understands media better than some industry executives do
Jim Romenesko:
GateHouse Media: Our bankruptcy filing ‘is not a reflection of any operational problem’  —  GateHouse Media has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  CEO Michael Reed says in a memo that “with the challenges facing our industry and the impending maturity of our secured debt next year …
Discussion: Poynter
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Reuters cuts raise questions about company's consumer strategy  —  Today, the Newspaper Guild, a union that represents approximately 400 employees of the global information provider Thomson Reuters, announced that management is seeking “to eliminate five Guild positions from the recently …
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The Newspaper Guild of New York:   Next, Reuters targets five jobs in demise of website project
RT:
Russian media protests detention of Greenpeace freelance photographer  —  A dozen Russian websites have used black and gray squares instead of photos, protesting against the detention of a Russian freelance photographer with other Greenpeace activists for their action in the Arctic.
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Kieron Bryan: British Journalist Held Without Trial in Russia
Discussion: BBC
Angela Washeck / 10,000 Words:
Plagiarism and Attribution Tests for Journalists: A Must or Not?  —  If there's anything journalists know, it's how not to plagiarize in our writing.  Right?  Right?!  Wrong, apparently.  —  Wednesday Jim Romenesko broke the news on his blog that Digital First Media (DFM) …
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
GNM press office:
Alex Koppelman joins the Guardian as US News Editor  —  The Guardian announced today that it has hired Alex Koppelman as US news editor.  The announcement was made by the Guardian's US editor in chief Janine Gibson.  —  Koppelman will be a senior member of the editing team and will help set …
Discussion: FishbowlNY and @nxthompson
Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
BuzzFeed Dominates on Facebook, BBC Tops Twitter, Study Says  —  BuzzFeed, “the media company for the social age,” has mastered at least one social network.  —  A NewsWhip study released on Thursday showed that the social sharing-focused site had far and away the most engagement on Facebook …
William Launder / Wall Street Journal:
New York Times Forecasts Further Drop in Ad Revenue  —  Overall Revenue to Rise, Though, Thanks to Stronger Circulation  —  New York Times Co. expects to report around a 3% decline in print and digital advertising revenue for the third quarter, Chief Executive Mark Thompson said Thursday …
Discussion: Reuters and MoneyBeat
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds: DOJ press guidelines don't raise bar for leak case  —  New guidelines Attorney General Eric Holder issued recently for investigations involving journalists don't undercut legal arguments made in an ongoing leak prosecution, prosecutors said in a court filing Friday.
Tom Hals / Reuters:
Judge tosses lawsuit opposed to Sirius takeover by Liberty Media  —  (Reuters) - The board of Sirius XM Radio Inc did not breach its duty to shareholders by allowing a takeover by Liberty Media Corp without demanding it pay a premium for the stock, a Delaware judge ruled on Friday.
 
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George Brock / New Statesman:
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David Oxenford / Broadcast Law Blog:
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Genevieve Belmaker / Poynter:
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Chris Rauber / San Francisco Business Times:
Former Bay Guardian editor Tim Redmond launching left-wing nonprofit news site
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Samir Husni / Mr. Magazine:
Esquire At Its Best: David Granger, the Editor Behind the Magazine Talks About Print …
Discussion: @janefriedman and @agilitycms